I’ve been following the sustainability trend for years, and I’m still not convinced that the current approach is the silver bullet it’s often made out to be. Everything seems to be packaged as eco-friendly—even when it involves new, untested technology or policies that might just shift environmental burdens elsewhere. How do we know that the push for sustainable living isn’t just another market-driven fad that benefits a select few rather than producing substantial, long-term benefits for the environment?
For example, subsidies and incentives for green tech are hailed as breakthroughs, but are they really contributing to a cleaner future, or are we just creating a dependency on government-backed, questionable industries? Moreover, the idea that individual behavior changes will significantly alter global trends also seems overly optimistic. Is anyone else unconvinced by the rhetoric, and what evidence do we really have that these strategies are effective on a large scale? I’d like to hear more concrete examples where sustainable practices have truly made a measurable difference without unintended negative consequences.